Comments on: Linux Mint 8 Helena – RC Release

By: chinmoy

chinmoy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:25:56 +0000

Mint is the best distro Accept it now.

!!! Give me a reason.

In my case the problem was with two conflicting software, which is not Mint’ fault."

Umm, lemme remember. Aha, I never had that conflict. It was because of Mint, and this time, I remember correctly. I am not trying to prove anything by listing out those errors. They happen to all. Ubuntu 9.10 itself has got bluetooth issues. But guess what, I want to add a package and head over to the package manager, and the thing is so badly broken, adding softwares is a mess. It is because of stupid errors like these that websites like linsux run. Thank you.

Moreover, that is the reason exactly why I do not see you using the software manager to upgrade your packages. You download them separately and install them one by one! lol, ya until I told you to use dpkg command, lol. And if you give another stupid reason like keeping a backup of packages, I also told you that you can recompile installed packages back into .deb installers, with the same dpkg-repack command. Remember?

But, you will never stop treating packages as cabbages. So Yes, accepted.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:36:56 +0000

You listed the known bugs in a product which isnt yet final. Don’t know what you are trying to proove by that. Did you even have a look at the list of known issues with Ubuntu 9.1 final?

Remember, mint cannot use all Ubuntu softwares, but Ubuntu can. It happened to you once, remember?

And Mint can run every software that Ubuntu can. In my case the problem was with two conflicting software, which is not Mint’ fault.

By: Chinmoy Kanjilal

Chinmoy Kanjilal — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:48:05 +0000

Depends on what you are doing. If you are using it as a user, it is a good distro but not the best. Remember, mint cannot use all Ubuntu softwares, but Ubuntu can. It happened to you once, remember?

BTW, see this.

Xchat: the “Connect” button in the network list reads “C_onnect”.
Software Manager: If firefox is not open, searching online doesn’t open it.
Software Manager: Some parts of the interface are semi-transparent under Compiz.
Software Manager: The .mint file extension is wrongly associated with the Archive Manager.
Pidgin: pidgin-facebookchat doesn’t work.
Sometimes mintMenu gets stuck between two categories and keeps switching between one and the other. It’s a known issue which we haven’t managed to fix yet.
On some computers mintMenu remains open after an item is clicked. Try to disable compiz or to change its focus policy to see if it fixes the problem. Alternatively, try using a different theme or use the Gnome menu instead.”
Yes, accepted.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:13:30 +0000

I finished installing and setting it up earlier today. Loving it :D
Mint is the best distro :D Accept it now.